{"id":693160,"date":"2026-04-02T03:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T03:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693160\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T03:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T03:14:05","slug":"jaden-ivey-rips-nba-for-allowing-anthony-edwards-to-play-despite-using-derogatory-terms-on-lgbtq-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693160\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaden Ivey Rips NBA For Allowing Anthony Edwards To Play Despite Using Derogatory Terms On LGBTQ Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaden Ivey<\/a> has come under public scrutiny<\/a> after his recent comments on the LGBTQ community sparked backlash from the league and saw him get waived<\/a> by the Chicago Bulls<\/a> in the immediate aftermath.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, the former NBA guard appeared<\/a> on \u2018The PinPoint Podcast\u2019 and called out the NBA and the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> for allowing Anthony Edwards<\/a> to continue playing despite his derogatory comments about the LGBTQ community<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I just saw the video, Anthony Edwards had said some derogatory thing to a male. I don\u2019t think it was initially\u2026 I can\u2019t remember vividly what the situation was, but he called somebody a derogatory word.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe used the F-word, where he was basically portraying that the other person was gay. I believe the NBA fined him. He said those things, right, and they fined him for it,\u201d Ivey said<\/a>. Edwards was fined $40,000 at the time<\/a> for his comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo how is it that he said something detrimental and basically a hypocritical judgment? Because he\u2019s not a Christian.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe got fined. He didn\u2019t get kicked out of the league. He didn\u2019t get waived, right? But it\u2019s because he\u2019s the best player on their team, right? They need him, right? He makes them money, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m injured, and I\u2019m speaking the truth. It\u2019s all money involved in that. That\u2019s why he\u2019s still playing,\u201d Ivey further added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why they\u2019re not going to waive him because he\u2019s making the Timberwolves money. Everyone pays to watch Anthony Edwards. If they didn\u2019t have Anthony Edwards, no one would watch the Timberwolves.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is noteworthy that Ivey has forgotten the main difference in the aftermath of that incident. Edwards was apologetic<\/a> about his words and took them back humbly, instead of fighting to justify what he said was right or politically correct.<\/p>\n

Ivey did not just make derogatory comments about the LGBTQ community, but he also made concerning comments<\/a> in the aftermath. Edwards did not spiral into attacking individual players, making personal confessions<\/a>, and making distasteful comments<\/a>, but Ivey did.<\/p>\n

I do agree to a certain level that the Bulls did not give Ivey the same leeway that the Timberwolves gave Edwards, but that is rightly the difference in the dynamic between the players and the respective front offices. But it clearly proves that the two situations are not comparable.<\/p>\n

The former Pistons<\/a> guard is still taking a public stance against homosexuality and is therefore continuing to be a detriment to his own future in the league. He still believes that the league has no right to intervene when it comes to his personal opinions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not against the man or the woman, I\u2019m against what is contrary to the word of God. Man is not supposed to lie with another man, and a woman is not supposed to lie with another woman.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, as a Christian, I can proclaim the truth, what the word of God says. I can do that with freedom. I have a mouth to speak. No one can stop me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe devil wants me to stop speaking the truth,\u201d Ivey further added<\/a> during the podcast, portraying the league as the perpetrator of wrongdoing against him.<\/p>\n

Consequently, Ivey has spiralled into lamenting his past and continues to portray the league as the enemy. He inadvertently revealed that his wife and family had deserted him<\/a>, and he almost committed suicide several times<\/a> until god apparently intervened.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how he expects to get another NBA contract if he keeps attacking the league like this. I might not go as far as Nick Young in saying he will get blackballed in the league<\/a> like this, but if he continues to take such an aggressive stance against teams and players\u2019 individual decisions, it is unlikely any team would want him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaden Ivey has come under public scrutiny after his recent comments on the LGBTQ community sparked backlash from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3782],"tags":[7,307,152,3954,6,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-693160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-minnesota","10":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","11":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-timberwolves"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116332938425664222","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}